Student hit by SUV, injured crossing road after school

A high school student is in the hospital Tuesday morning after an SUV hit her.

It happened right outside Crossroads Charter High School on North Tryon Street.

The girl was crossing the street to catch a bus after school on Monday.

The principal of the school, Gentry Campbell, told Channel 9 she has worried for years this would happen.

She said cars ignore the school zone signs and speed up to 60 mph.

“I am so afraid that it won’t be a child just hurt next time, it could be a child that is killed,” said Campbell.

Campbell wants the Charlotte Department of Transportation to put up lights that force traffic to stop in the morning when school starts and in the afternoon when school lets out.